PlayStation 5
Standard 8 GB
Midnight 10 GB
Demo 6 GB
Frame rate 60 fps
Console edition capacity, not a PC spec.
October 15, 2026
Two printed calendars, one set of platforms, nine rating boards.
Read the demo save rules before launch day.KONAMI dates the full game Thursday, October 15, 2026. The date is on the home hero, the product page, the June and July information entries, and the Europe press release. The hero wording is OUT OCTOBER 15, 2026, and the compact form is 15-Oct-26. Both wordings name the same launch day.
The Steam store release date field says Oct 14, 2026, and coming soon is still true there. A 7 June 2026 Steam community post says the game launches October 15, 2026. Both wordings are published. Neither page states a timezone reconciliation. This record keeps both. It does not collapse them into a single hour.
The launch record in order
The sequence starts with a 13 February 2026 Steam announcement that the series entry launches in 2026, and it runs through the Triple-i notice, the Paris gameplay post, the pre-order and release posts, the Switch confirmation, the character update, Bloody Tears, the guidelines, the demo, a franchise sale, and the two October wordings. Open a row for the detail that was printed that day. The detail is not repeated as a second paragraph under the list.
A 25 September 2026 Steam post announces a Castlevania franchise sale and a bundle that includes this game, with crossover collaboration DLC. It does not state a discount percent. The Nintendo UK listing does not print a price or a file size. Steam does not publish an achievement list. Those three silences belong to the shops, not to a missing chapter of the story.
13 February 2026 — Steam announcement
The series entry launches in 2026.
19 March 2026 — Triple-i showcase notice
Steam says the game joins The Triple-i Initiative on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PT.
24 April 2026 — Gameplay and commentary
A Steam post points players to gameplay set in 1499 Paris.
8 June 2026 — Release date on the official site
KONAMI sets the release for Thursday, October 15, 2026 and reveals the purchase bonus.
7 June 2026 — Steam pre-order post
The Steam community post says the game launches October 15, 2026.
15 July 2026 — Switch date confirmed
KONAMI repeats Thursday, October 15, 2026 for Nintendo Switch.
17 July 2026 — Character update
The official information list records a character information update.
4 September 2026 — Bloody Tears trailer
The official information list records the Bloody Tears trailer.
20 September 2026 — Posting guidelines
Video and screenshot posting guidelines are released. The guideline page is marked Created September 20, 2026.
20 September 2026 — Demo announced
KONAMI announces the demo on the same information list.
25 September 2026 — Franchise sale
A Steam post announces a Castlevania franchise sale and a bundle that includes this game. No discount percent is stated.
30 September 2026 — Steam demo date
Steam dates the Windows demo September 30, 2026. It is free and still listed.
14 October 2026 — Steam store date string
The Steam store release_date field reads Oct 14, 2026, with coming soon still true.
15 October 2026 — KONAMI launch day
Launch day is written OUT OCTOBER 15, 2026, and in the compact form 15-Oct-26.
Platforms, frame rate, and the Windows PC
The version switch highlights Console or Steam. It does not hide a row. Console covers PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X|S. Steam covers the Windows app. Standard, Midnight, and demo sizes sit on each card because they are different downloads. Switch is the 30 fps version. The other three list 60 fps. The console storage lines are edition capacities. They are not PC specs.
The Steam PC spec is 64-bit Windows 11 only. Minimum is Core i5 8400, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1650, and DirectX 11. Recommended is Core i5 10400 and RTX 3060. Steam PC minimum and recommended storage are both 10 GB. That 10 GB is the PC sheet. Midnight's 10 GB console figure and Standard's 8 GB are the KONAMI install lines. Reading only one of them answers only one question.
Nintendo Switch
Standard 4 GB
Midnight 6 GB
Demo 3 GB
Frame rate 30 fps
Console edition capacity, not a PC spec.
Xbox Series X|S
Standard 8 GB
Midnight 10 GB
Demo 5 GB
Frame rate 60 fps
Console edition capacity, not a PC spec.
Steam on Windows
Standard 8 GB
Midnight 10 GB
Demo 4 GB
Frame rate 60 fps
Steam PC minimum and recommended storage are both 10 GB.
The nine age ratings
ESRB rates the game T for age 13 with Violence, Blood, and Mild Suggestive Themes. PEGI 16 cites Violence, and KONAMI also lists PEGI 16. USK 16 cites Fantasy-Gewalt. CERO C is age 15 with Violence and Crime. CSRR C15 cites Violence and Horror. DEJUS 16 cites Violência and Temas sensíveis. Steam Germany 16 cites Selbstmord. IGRS 18 cites Horor and Kekerasan. ESRB T is the lowest age stamp at 13, and IGRS 18 is the highest. PEGI, USK, DEJUS, Gmedia, and Steam Germany all sit at 16, while CERO C and CSRR C15 sit at 15.
Gmedia is listed at 16, with no content descriptors beside the age. That empty descriptor line is not a rating of zero content. Ages differ by board, so a household using ESRB T and a household using IGRS 18 are reading different stamps on the same game. The stamps do not change the October dates.
Coming soon on the Steam date field means the store had not flipped to a released state on that product page.
OUT OCTOBER 15, 2026 is hero text, while 15-Oct-26 is the compact product-page form of the same KONAMI day.
Thursday is part of KONAMI's sentence, so the weekday is not an inference from a calendar app.
The 19 March 2026 Triple-i notice points at 9 April 2026 in the morning Pacific time, which is a showcase slot rather than the launch.
The 24 April 2026 gameplay post is the one that points players at 1499 Paris footage.
The 8 June 2026 official date post is also the post that reveals the purchase bonus.